Wednesday, March 25, 2009

how to crochet a flower video tutorial

One thing I love about crocheting is that there are so many ways you can use it to create embellishments. From decorative edging to flowers, you can dress up a t-shirt or a scrapbook page with your hook and just a little yarn. Lately I've been obsessed with crocheting little flowers--maybe because they're so quick and satisfying! I altered a few other flowers I'd tried and came up with my favorite 5-petal flower pattern. I'm sure I didn't invent it, but it came about for me by trial and error and it turns out cute with almost any kind of yarn. Here are a few items I've made recently with flowers. Check out these and more now in my Etsy shop!

If you want to make your own, we've made a short video tutorial to show you just how to do it. I'm a visual learner, so I know some of you out there just need to see it done once to figure it out. Check it out, then find the written pattern below. WARNING: This is not a general crochet lesson. You'll need to know how to do a few basic stitches to complete a flower.

Or, watch it on YouTube. It's a bigger picture, but the picture and sound quality aren't as good.

Rnd 1: Ch 5, join into a ring w/sl st in 1st ch.Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), work 9dc in ring, join to top of ch w/sl st -- 10 sts.Rnd 3: **Ch 2, work 3dc in next st, ch 2, sl st in next st** five times. Fasten off.

For a different color center, try changing yarn colors after round 2. Experiment with different weight yarns and hook sizes. To layer a slightly smaller flower on top, go down one hook size from larger flower.

Mandy, Adorable! Great tutorial, I wish this would have been around when I taught myself how to crochet flowers. It would have eliminated a lot of trial and error. Thanks for always sharing great info with your readers!

Love love loved this. I have those basic skills, but never knew what they were called. I can't really follow patterns because I've never had anyone show me what a "double crochet" is and now I know! Yay!

Thank you for this. I'm going to make one this weekend! And if it comes out okay, I'm totally going to blog about this fabulous video. Please do more of these, I love videos! Even a simple scarf would be great too.

What an immense help this!!! i loved the tutorial and am fully confident hat i can make these cute flowers. I have plenty of written instructions but nothing beats visually watching how it is done and especially in a clear and accessible video that can be played over and over while trying it out! No worries of annoying anyone by asking them to please show me how to do it just one once more....lolThanks for taking the time to share this! :)

This is fantastic! I love video tutorials, it's fun to "meet" people that way and match up voices and faces. This looks so easy, I can't wait to try it! I'll be linking as well. Thanks so much for this!

HiGreat video, I really think I could do this myself after watching this. Although, the video is kind of small... Is there anything you could do with it so that I can expand to fullscreen, so I could see better? Or maybe you could post it on YouTube, there is a fullscreen-toggle there. I tried making the flower (and I'm a complete newbie at crocheting), but I think something went wrong, cause when I got done with my 4th petal, there were no more stiches to make the 5th petal, so I figured I must have done something wrong somewhere. I'm sure I could figure it out if I could see the video in a larger format on my screen. Hope you'll consider doing what I asked for above =) Thanks, bye!

Wow! This is a FAB tutorial!! I have Really been wanting to learn how to crochet those darling flowers! I haven't crocheted in about 25 years....and then it was just a chain.....but I really think I can make some of my own with this video. Thank you SO much for sharing!!

Wow... how cute!!!! PLEASE please please do a tutorial on this matching beanie and bootie set... I can see that other comments have already asked for it, but this is so CUTE... and the flower just finishes it off!!! ...pretty, pretty please do another tutorial..... :)

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial! I tried crochet flowers before but with a different pattern and they all looked like... anything but flowers. But I hope with your tutorial I will be succesful! :-)

Never in my 42 years have Icrocheted before, but after wading through about 20 sites, this one was perfect for flowers, just the right speed, and by using the pause button, I really got it quickly! Thankyou...

Wow, fantastic video. This is one that I will come back to again and again. I am a beginner and don't really even know the stitches but you actually show it so well that I could probably figure it out just watching the video. Thanks so much for posting this.xoxo, Christine

I LOVE these crocheted flowers and taught myself how to make them from your tutorial. Thank you so much for having amazing projects on your site. My little girls look darling this fall with their new hair accessories (and sometimes I wear them too!).

This is amazing... and I LOVE the little booties and beanie! I see that all the items have sold in your Etsy store...so can we please, please, pretty please, now have the tutorial on how to make these as well?!!

I would love to make up a set for my little niece as a Christmas gift...it's her first Christmas this year! Thank you so much! :)

Hello - you have a great blog! I can see that some other ladies have also asked for the tutorial for the cutest baby booties and hat project that you made! I also would love this - would be so good to make 'little' Christmas gifts!

Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial - I've been trying to figure out how to make flowers to connect into a scarf for my swap partner, and she will be so happy! In this season of thanks I am thankful for great people like you that share their talent. Aloha!

I've been making your crochet flowers for hair clips for my girls, but I'm wondering what brand or kind of yarn you use. The yarn I have seems to fuzz out, if that makes sense. Is there a favorite yarn brand that you use? Thanks!

Thank you so much for posting this video. My neice taught me to crochet a beanie hat but we ran out of time to do the flower and she lives in a different state. Now I can add a really cute flower to my daughter's beanie hat. Thanks again. Katrina

Such an awesome tutorial. Thank you for posting! I'm teaching myself how to crochet and have been searching all over the web for a simple tutorial. I'm already a follower of your blog, but didn't see this! Thank you again!!

Wow. Thank you so much for this. I just started a crochet class and am in the midst of a simple hat--my first project. I thought it would be much cuter with a flower, googled, and found your tutorial. I made one on my first try, and I hadn't even learned a double crochet stitch yet (the video was enough). Thank you, thank you, thank you!

AWESOME! Thank you so much for this post! I have tried other ways of doing flowers, but I think I am too new at crocheting because they keep turning out poorly, but this one is much better so I think I'll have no problems! Thanks again!

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I live in New Zealand and we can't get anything cute like this in the shops - so I made a flower headband for my 1yr old daughter and we've had so many comments!

Please please please please please PLEASE post the tutorial and/or pattern for the mary janes and the beanie! I love them! I've been searching everywhere for a good pattern for mary janes, but none of them are anywhere near as cute as these ones. Thanks;)

Thanx for this tut, it was great, altho I can crochet, and with a little time work out how to make a flower- you have just saved me time as my daughter has asked me to teach her how to do this for her crafing- so off I go and look so 'capable' :) teehee xx

Loved this tutorial. Thank you for teaching beginners, like me, to make these cute flowers. I have seen other in the net and just couldn't follow them. I love these and will be making some for my grand-daughter. Please keep them coming. You are an excellent teacher!

This is so great. I was going to do a tutorial on my blog in the next couple of weeks on how to do these, but thought of course there would already be some online. So I will make some and definitely point people your direction! Thank you for the great video!

Have put off making these little flowers because the patterns I found were to difficult! A ball of Knit-Cro-Sheen and a #4 hook later and three run throughs of the video and I have something that looks like a flower. Not bad since I was never very good at crochet and haven't had a hook in hand other than to repair something in years. Thanks!

Oh, and all the little hats and shoes are just too cute. Like the little black one with the holly.

Omg...thank you so much!! I'm making a baby blanket for a friend and I cannot ever follow crochet patterns I have been searching fo a flower pattern I could actually do for days and the shower is in 3 days! Finally! I'm making several of these in different colors as embeleshments for a baby blanket so quick and easy to make I just may actually finish this project on time!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!! =)